Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe
ISBN:
978-0-333-73449-0
Auflage:
2003
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.12.2002
Format:
Hardcover
Seitenanzahl:
213
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In the aftermath of World War Two, approximately three million Sudeten-Germans were expelled from their homes in the former Czechoslovakia because of their part in the dismemberment of the Czechoslovak Republic by Nazi Germany in 1938-39. For many years their representatives, the Sudeten-German Association, attempted in vain to redress the wrong done to their people. However, the end of the Cold War has given a new impetus to their campaign. Currently they attempt to block Czech entry into the EU unless there is restitution of confiscated properties. Jürgen Tampke tells the story of the Sudeten-Germans from the beginning of their settlement seven hundred years ago in what is now the Czech Republic to current times.
Biografische Anmerkung
JÜRGEN TAMPKE is Associate Professor in European History and Politics at the University of New South Wales in Australia. He has published a number of books and articles, including Australia Willkommen: A History of the Germans in Australia and Ruthless Warfare: German Military Planning and Surveillance in the Australia-New Zealand Region Before the Great War.
